Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:31:46 +0000
Well over half of North America faces a potential shortage of electricity supplies in the coming years, compounded by surging demand growth, accelerating generator retirements, and delays in resource development, […]
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Credit to Author: Nguyen Cong Sang| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:12:53 +0000
The Uptime Institute’s Tier standard is a globally recognized framework that classifies data centers into four tiers based on their infrastructure’s reliability, redundancy, and fault tolerance. These tiers—Tier I through […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:55:01 +0000
Most POWER readers are probably familiar with levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and levelized value of energy (LVOE) as metrics used to help evaluate potential power plant investment options. LCOE […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:50:26 +0000
Virginia’s governor and other officials on Dec. 17 said the state has a plan for the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on Tuesday announced it […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:57:12 +0000
The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a new report said global use of coal, including for power generation, is expected to reach a record 8.77 billion tonnes this year. The […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:12:22 +0000
An African banking group announced it will finance development of a 200-MW hydropower installation along the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is the African […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:11:32 +0000
Primergy Solar, a developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, on Dec. 18 said the company’s 100-MWac solar project in Ashley County, Arkansas is fully operational. […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:15:49 +0000
Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has partnered with Switch, a Las Vegas-based data center designer, builder, and operator, to deploy 12 GW of Aurora powerhouses through 2044 in a historic deal […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:49:48 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $15 billion to Pacific Gas & Electric, (PG&E), […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:01:01 +0000
50Hertz, the transmission system operator (TSO) for eastern Germany, has awarded its Ostwind 4 project to GE Vernova, in consortium with Drydocks World, a DP World company that provides marine […]
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